execute one as a warning to others(shā yī lì bǎi)
execute one as a warning to others
Kill one hundred, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh ā y ī L ì B ǎ I, meaning to kill a person, in order to warn many people. It comes from the biography of Su Chuo in the book of Zhou.
Idiom usage
To act as an object or attributive
Analysis of Idioms
Close synonym: kill one to warn a hundred, kill one to make a hundred
The origin of Idioms
Su chuozhuan, the book of Zhou Dynasty: "if there are people who are treacherous, cunning, immoral, rebellious, unfaithful and unfilial, they are deviant from the Tao. They can kill one and make a hundred profits, turn them into the king of Qing Dynasty, and punish them severely."
Chinese PinYin : shā yī lì bǎi
execute one as a warning to others
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interested exclusively in the acquisition of sb . 's estate
interested exclusively in the acquisition of sb . 's estate. qiú tián wèn shě
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there 's an opportunity to take advantage of
there 's an opportunity to take advantage of. yǒu jī kě chéng
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unable to get up after a fall
unable to get up after a fall. yī juě bù xīng
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